Autumn Art
Will Moffitt, Mayfair Times
September 2026
Teetering in a liminal zone somewhere between reality and a dream world, Quentin James McCaffrey creates interior spaces that haunt and intrigue. The New York-born artist eschewspeople, turning everyday objects such as mirrors,flowers and framed paintings into psychologicalsurrogates. By reviving traditional techniques– oil painting, linear perspective and classicalcomposition – McCaffrey makes you feel thatthese works are historical records; archivesfrom lost periods. In doing so he sparks ourcuriosity. You can’t help scrutinising his paintings,searching for hidden clues or a cohesivenarrative. His latest exhibition at Alison Jacques(September 3 to October 3) debuts a collectionof fresh paintings that are less cluttered. Spacetakes precedence over things. The works in question are no less beguiling.b […]